비만 아동과 관련된 환경적· 심리적 요인 분석 = The Analysis of the Environmental and Psychological Factors in Obese Children

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was conducted to investigate the differences in environmental and psychological factors in children with obesity and to offer useful information for obesity treatment and prevention. 123 children of 5-6th grade in elementary school and their mothers were included in this study and divided into either the obese group and normal group(obese group: 61, normal group: 62) according to the Weight-Length Index(WLI). Results showed that between the two groups there no significant differences in family income, mother?s occupation status, educational level, and anthropometric measurements. Nutritional knowledge in the obese group was significantly higher than that of the normal group(p<0.05). The mothers of children with obesity had a higher level of nutritional knowledge than the mothers of normal children(p<0.05). There were no significant differences in food behavior between the obese and normal groups. There were no significant differences in maternal child-rearing practices and in maternal attitude on food behavior of children. Considering psychological factors ; 72.1% of the children with obesity appraised their body image as obese(p<0.05), and 54.1% of the mothers in obese group perceived their child?s body shape as obese(p<0.05). The level of self-esteem were not significantly different when compared between the obese and normal groups.From these results, it was suggested that effective measures for obesity treatment and prevention should include nutritional monitoring, and such efforts need to be maintained in order to help the obese children and their mothers.주제어(Key Words): 비만(obesity), 아동(children), 환경적 요인(environmental factor), 심리적 요인(psychological factor)